Wow, wow, wow. I haven't posted a chapter up in a long time and I'm very sorry for that. I'm hoping to start writing more now that I have a laptop, wish me luck on that? But I hope you enjoy! Sorry for keeping you waiting!

Sleepless Chapter 30

Kairi bit her tongue in frustration for a short time as she stared at her computer screen. She was upset that she couldn't find the picture, and what's awful about it is that she couldn't even remember who was in it! She sighed heavily and quickly clicked a random picture. It maximized on her screen and showed her a familiar picture. It was the picture she saw on Tidus's dry erase board; Her, Tidus, Selphie, Wakka and Riku were in the picture, smiling at the beach. The center of the picture, where no one awkwardly stood was there, and it left her confused.

Kairi placed her right index finger on the arrow keys and hit the one that went right. It was just like the last, but everyone was making silly faces. There was still no one in the middle. She stabbed the right key again, no one in the center. She hit it again and stopped, her eyes turned wide. Her computer screen showed Riku and her, with arms wrapped around…nothing. Their pose looked like they slung their arms around one person, but that person wasn't there. A look of disbelief crossed her face for a second. She immediately closed the picture viewing window and everything until she was at her black desktop. Kairi didn't know what to do. But she shook her head and went into her bathroom and locked it to take a shower.

Her hands shook by themselves as she stared at herself in the mirror; Fear and disbelief consumed her innocent face. Her eyes didn't focus on anything as her trembling fingers peeled off her clothing. Without her noticing, her hands turned on the shower, hoping to escape the questions that made her feel so out of it.

But even as she washed her hair, not thinking about anything, the strange images of the photos broke through her defenses. She closed her eyes tightly to get the image away, but it faded from the black and taunted her…haunting her.

Kairi emerged from her bathroom, with her hair still wet and tangled. She was now more aware of her surroundings than before. She sat down at her computer and moved her mouse around slightly to wake up the monitor. Don't worry about it, Kai. These things don't happen. They can't happen. Maybe I changed my desktop and I don't remember. Yeah, that's it.

The black desktop screen laughed evilly at her, like a bully. But she ignored it and clicked to sign into her instant messenger. Her eyes darted to the time. Way too early. She hovered her cursor over the "X" before it fully loaded up. Kairi stopped the click instantly once she saw Tidus's name glow bold. He was online so she quickly started a conversation, asking if he was there and what he was doing.

After twenty seconds he replied, "I was actually waiting for you to get on… You kinda woke me up."

"I'm sorry!"

"No problem! Hey, mind if I call you?"

"Go ahead!"

"Alright. Talk to you soon. Bye."

Tidus has signed off.

Kairi immediately shut down her computer and grabbed her cell phone just as it vibrated to ring. "Hi!" She greeted enthusiastically. A smile quickly caught her face.

She heard him chuckle, "I miss you too," his voice made her smile widen, "What are we gonna do today?" He asked. Maybe he was smiling too, it sounded like it.

"Hm…not sure. What do Selphie and Wakka have planned?" she giggled while she pressed her hand against the window. The window gave her the view of the light colors of the morning and also part of Tidus's house.

"Well…" he trailed off purposely.

"You already have something planned?"

"Yeah, kinda. You're coming with us though."

Kairi furrowed her eyebrows as she asked, "Where?"

"Just meet me outside your house in…" She heard him turn his head away for a few seconds, "thirty minutes."

"Where, Tidus?"

"Trust me, it'll be fun," his voice showed a slight laugh.

"Tidus…" she begged.

"You know Selphie, surprises galore!"

"Oh geez…what kind of surprise?"

"A good one. Just meet me outside your house at 6:30."

"Are they awake now?"

"I don't know," he smirked.

"Tidus, tell me!" The redhead pouted.

"You're worst than a little kid a week before Christmas."

She giggled and nodded, "Alright, you win." The terrible promise taste turned up in her mouth again. Kairi noticed her disgust in her face from the reflection in the window.

"Alright, 6:30. I'll see you then. Love you," He said sweetly.

"Love you too, bye."

"Bye." The line clicked off and she snapped her phone shut.

Kairi jogged into her bathroom and rinsed her mouth out of the horrible taste. The taste only turned up stronger and made her gag. She groaned and shuffled herself over her toilet, ready to get whatever invisible material out of her mouth.

"C'mon," she mumbled in pain. She was crying now, it felt like someone was squeezing her stomach again and again with the goal of having no more air come out of her. Then pressure came to her chest, restricting the beating of her heart and then her throat. Her body fell backwards, onto the cold tiled floor and blackness took her away.

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